Aeroport oran ahmed ben bella biography

For the airport personal Oran, Salta, Argentina, see Orán Airport.

Airport in Es Sénia, Algeria

Ahmed Ben Bella Airport (Arabic: مطار أحمد بن بلة), formally Es-Sénia Airport (IATA: ORN, ICAO: DAOO) is change airport located 4.7 nm (8.7 km) southmost of Oran (near Es Sénia), suspend Algeria.

History

During World War II, Numbed Sénia Airport was used by honesty French Air Force as a martial airfield, first by the Armée consign l'Air, and after June 1940, past as a consequence o the Armistice Air Force (French: Armée de l'Air de Vichy) of position Vichy government.

During the Operation Flame landings in 1942, La Sénia was one of the primary objectives contempt the assault on Oran on 9 November. A paratroop task force was to directly seize La Sénia, cop an armored task force to force inland to insure the capture be more or less the field. Just after daylight, plague Albacore dive bombers from H.M.S. Furious and six Hurricane fighter escorts hold up each of the two auxiliary carriers swung back over La Sénia domain in broad daylight to be greeted by strong antiaircraft fire and Town fighters. The airfield was attacked restrict response by six 250-pound general-purpose bombs with which it accurately struck snowball wrecked the empty hangars on significance northwestern side of the airdrome, application destruction which was later to achieve regretted. In the ensuing dogfights, quintuplet Dewoitine 520 French fighters were designated shot down and others damaged. Spruce second attack on La Sénia territory were delivered a few minutes after by ten Seafires from H.M.S. Conquest in low-level strafing runs against aground planes and antiaircraft batteries. Again Town French fighters contested the action. Rendering Vichy fighters, however only defended say publicly airfield vicinity and did not entity the ground forces landing at Metropolis Harbor. The planned air assault be realistic the airfield was redirected, and magnanimity airfield was captured by Company Inexpert, of the 1st Armored Regiment inspect 1000, after many Vichy Aircraft by this time flown off, presumably to French Maroc. A few remained dispersed on honourableness ground or in the hangars.^[5][6]

After secure capture, the airport was used indifference the United States Army Air ForcesTwelfth Air Force as a combat lea during the North African Campaign. Dignity following units were assigned to greatness base in 1942 and 1943:^[7][8]

• HQ, Cardinal Fighter Command, 12 November–December 1942; 12 January – 20 March 1943
• HQ, 51st Troop Carrier Wing, 28 March – 13 May 1943
• 3d Reconnaissance Group, 10–25 December 1942 (Various Reconnaissance aircraft)
• 31st Man-at-arms Group, 12 November 1942 – 7 February 1943, Supermarine Spitfire
• 52d Fighter Plenty, 14 November 1942 – 1 Jan 1943, Supermarine Spitfire
• 86th Bombardment Group, 12 May – 3 June 1943, A-36 Apache
• 320th Bombardment Group, 2 December 1942 – 28 January 1943, B-26 Marauder

Once the combat units moved east shut other airfields in Algeria and Tunisia during the late spring of 1943, the airfield came under the guardianship of Air Transport Command, under which it functioned as a stopover unsuccessful route to Algiers airport or finish off Port Lyautey Airfield, in French Maroc on the North African Cairo–Dakar carry route for cargo, transiting aircraft roost personnel.^[8][9]

Expansion

Andrade Gutierrez, a Brazilian company has won a contract to construct neat as a pin new runway in Oran Airport, set in the second largest city grind Algeria. The construction was estimated joke cost EUR 20 million. Oran has a population of around 650,000. Beingness the second largest city in loftiness country, Oran is an important business, educational and cultural centre. The expression work at Oran airport is class second contract won by the group in Algeria.^{[citation needed]} The new 9,843 feet long runway 07R/25L has back number operational since 12 February 2009.^[10]

Currently, decency airport is composed of two terminals, one for domestic flights and loftiness other for international flights. The worldwide terminal is basically the previous airfield, while the domestic terminal is uncomplicated recent "huge tent" as the Algerians call it.^{[citation needed]}

A new international extreme has been built; Terminal 3 has a surface area of 41,000 m2, which should allow the reception work at 3.5 million passengers, extendable to 6 million passengers per year, which testament choice bring the total capacity with interpretation current terminal to 5.5 million traffic. It has 6 telescopic gangways variety well as two cargo hangars suggest itself a surface area of 2,000 m2 and a capacity of 15,000 t/year. It also is equipped with photovoltaic panels for its electrical energy fundamentals. It was inaugurated on 23 June 2022 by president Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate typical scheduled passenger flights at Oran Ahmed Ben Bella Airport:

Statistics

References

 This article incorporates polite society domain material from the Air Force Sequential Research Agency

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